Bill Brady ~ ATM gallery is please to present New Work, a solo exhibition of Min Kim.
Min Kim’s disparate installation pieces are a result of an attempt to rationalize and comprehend the allusive bindings that sustain our intricately woven existence. Kim’s constant inquiry into the contingencies of identity, home and the structure of our inner and outer world functions as means to construct a place that slips between the margins of the tangible and fleeting spaces.
The intuitive processes of using emblematic imagery and the implications of dreams, as well as an exploration of the intermediary attributes of shamanistic beliefs filtered through everyday experiences, yield grounds for the artist to steer, unravel and exorcize the complex meaning and motivations of our interiority.
The eight installation pieces in the exhibition combine the techniques associated with drawing, painting, collage and sculpture. The idiosyncrasies of each piece activate the contextual and spatial relationships between other works in the group.
Use of the often understated or fragile materials carry the weight of vulnerability and uncertainty of our perception. This parallels Kim’s precarious construction of the pieces, her use of variably paired materials, and their specific arrangements in the gallery. Detailed manipulation of the materials beckons the viewer to participate in visually manifested psychological space.
Kim’s net of investigation is cast wide to the ambiguity of the human experience for observation and reflection; a process that translates and transforms the findings into a space of elasticity.
Min Kim was born in 1975 in Seoul, Korea and now lives and works in New York. She earned BFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art. She had solo exhibitions in Torch gallery, Amsterdam; Galleria Glance,Turin; Bell Weather Gallery, NY and Marc Selwyn gallery, LA. She also has participated in group exhibitions in P.S.1 New York; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul; Martini Arte Internazionale, Turin.
